Re: [Marketing] Press release credit available

2019-12-13 Thread Sean DALY
Is anyone still doing marketing or PR for SL? On Wednesday, December 4, 2019, Sean DALY wrote: > Hi, > > Unless I missed something, I didn't see any followup on this > > My credits expire at the end of the year, which really means in the next > couple of weeks because

Re: [Marketing] Press release credit available

2019-12-04 Thread Sean DALY
will be required for the designated press contact Sean On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 3:50 PM Sean DALY wrote: > anytime is fine > > if you are able to organize a shared document like googledocs we and > others could collaborate on it > > Limit is 600 or 700 words, I need to check – let’s

Re: [Marketing] Press release credit available

2019-06-28 Thread Sean DALY
rst draft? > > Cordially, > Vipul Gupta > Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github > <https://github.com/vipulgupta2048> > > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 10:05 PM Sean DALY wrote: > >> Vipul – it would be best to find a topical subject, "n

Re: [Marketing] Press release credit available

2019-06-28 Thread Sean DALY
let me know which of these topics we can brainstorm on. Some topics > might be overlapping, I just a made a rough list from the top of my mind. > > Cordially, > Vipul Gupta > Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github > <https://github.com/vipulgupta2048> > >

Re: [Marketing] Press release credit available

2019-06-24 Thread Sean DALY
In principle the 29th of June, but I am asking for an extension Sean On Monday, June 24, 2019, Alex Perez wrote: > Sean, > > > > Sean DALY wrote on 6/24/19 2:16 PM: > >> Hi SL marketing team, >> >> My company has an unused press release credit which will

[Marketing] Press release credit available

2019-06-24 Thread Sean DALY
Hi SL marketing team, My company has an unused press release credit which will expire soon and which I could use for Sugar Labs. Distribution is PR Newswire in English for US market. If you have a topical message to get out (GSoC? latest Sugar version? a deployment?), or even just an “alive &

Re: [Marketing] I'm not the PR contact anymore (for Sugar Labs)

2018-07-05 Thread Sean DALY
Hi Alex, The pr@sl.o went to Walter and me. I have no idea how to change it, sorry. Sean On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 5:46 PM, Alex Perez wrote: > Sean, > >> Hi Dave, >> >> I just saw I am still listed [1] as the SL PR contact, with the dead phone >> number. >> > I have removed your name from the

[Marketing] I'm not the PR contact anymore

2018-03-02 Thread Sean DALY
Hi Dave, I just saw I am still listed [1] as the SL PR contact, with the dead phone number. Could you please update that page. You may also want to consider publishing some PR milestones now and then, with the most recent communiqué dating from 2014 any journalist might assume the project is

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] [SLOB] Motion regarding xo-computer icon

2017-09-15 Thread Sean DALY
So your idea is: no trademarks at all? Do you think Sugar Labs should give up its trademark? Is your goal to undermine Sugar Labs and/or OLPC? Sean On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Sebastian Silva <sebast...@fuentelibre.org > wrote: > On 15/09/17 10:59, Sean DALY wrote: > >

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] [SLOB] Motion regarding xo-computer icon

2017-09-15 Thread Sean DALY
;>>> I second the motion. >>>> >>>> >>>> regards. >>>> >>>> -walter >>>> >>>> -- Forwarded message -- >>>> From: Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> >>>

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] xo-computer icon

2017-09-14 Thread Sean DALY
be found here: https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/foss-primer.html#x1-660005.4.2 Sean. Le jeu. 14 sept. 2017 à 09:02, Sebastian Silva <sebast...@fuentelibre.org> a écrit : > On 14/09/17 08:00, Sean DALY wrote: > > Sebastian — these principles apply to copyright, not tradem

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] xo-computer icon

2017-09-14 Thread Sean DALY
Sebastian — these principles apply to copyright, not trademarks, patents, or trade secrets. Sean Le jeu. 14 sept. 2017 à 08:50, Sebastian Silva <sebast...@fuentelibre.org> a écrit : > > > On 14/09/17 07:37, Sean DALY wrote: > > Laura, I am not a lawyer, but the inclusion

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] xo-computer icon

2017-09-14 Thread Sean DALY
Laura, I am not a lawyer, but the inclusion of a trademarked logo does not make software nonfree. Software is copyrighted after all; it's the license that brings freedom to it. In the absence of a formal trademark agreement, lawyers look at the way a trademark is used, and what the trademark owner

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] logo dicussion

2017-09-13 Thread Sean DALY
ting materials to resemble the Sugar interface. Sean [1] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Booth_Banners On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> wrote: > > 2017-09-13 16:02 GMT-05:00 Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com>: > >> In the pas

Re: [Marketing] [SLOBS] [IAEP] Fwd: Google for Nonprofits Affiliation Request Sent

2016-06-24 Thread Sean DALY
of our PR communiqués were datelined Cambridge. If you decide to keep it going and need my assistance, I'm around. Sean. On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > > On 24 June 2016 at 05:21, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dro

Re: [Marketing] [SLOBS] [IAEP] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-24 Thread Sean DALY
been to disrupt the MS/Intel sales force talking points. The marketing team which was numerous at the time all knew the strategy. Sean. On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Dave, sorry whatever is not in the Marketing mail archive will be in > t

Re: [Marketing] [SLOBS] [IAEP] Fwd: Google for Nonprofits Affiliation Request Sent

2016-06-24 Thread Sean DALY
> Hi Sean > > On 23 June 2016 at 07:21, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > OK Dave, you're the new Marketing Coordinator! > > The wiki page https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team had: > > 1 (617) 500-9610 > > [[Marketing Team/Phone]] is the new number tha

Re: [Marketing] [SLOBS] [IAEP] Fwd: Google for Nonprofits Affiliation Request Sent

2016-06-23 Thread Sean DALY
Dave - I did already, see the threads Sean On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > Hi Sean > > Sincerel I'm sorry to hear that. > > Please do share with us the old marketing strategy, I am keen to see it :) > > Cheers > Dave > On

Re: [Marketing] [SLOBS] [IAEP] Fwd: Google for Nonprofits Affiliation Request Sent

2016-06-23 Thread Sean DALY
land <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > Hi Sean > > On 22 June 2016 at 15:37, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > We agree on using Google AdWords, but no work has been done on > communication > > strategy, and although I am thrilled there is inter

Re: [Marketing] [SLOBS] [IAEP] Fwd: Google for Nonprofits Affiliation Request Sent

2016-06-22 Thread Sean DALY
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 9:07 PM, Walter Bender wrote: > It is a matter for the marketing team, which seems to have reached > consensus. We agree on using Google AdWords, but no work has been done on communication strategy, and although I am thrilled there is interest

[Marketing] Fwd: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4, 000 total

2016-06-16 Thread Sean DALY
From: Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> Date: Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total To: Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com>, iaep <i...@lists.sugarlabs.org> Cc: Sugar Labs Marketing <marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org>

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4, 000 total

2016-06-14 Thread Sean DALY
be substantial. However more often than not a diluted brand loses its power and is considered has-been, irrelevant or worthless. Sean. On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > On 14 June 2016 at 10:14, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4, 000 total

2016-06-14 Thread Sean DALY
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > A brand that is not being diluted is stale, rigid, dying. I completely disagree, but it doesn't matter. Sean. ___ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4, 000 total

2016-06-14 Thread Sean DALY
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > > That color combination has been very widely copied, even today. > > I think the amount of copying ought to be seen as a metrics of success > for a brand. > Sure, except it dilutes the brand. > > > > which is why I

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4, 000 total

2016-06-14 Thread Sean DALY
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: > The green case is probably the most important thing, I think, because > of that brand equity > The green and white case (perhaps with a "crank handle") is the only brand equity OLPC (and Sugar Labs) have. That color

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Smart way to get $$ for posting videos on youtube

2016-06-03 Thread Sean DALY
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 6:27 PM, samson goddy wrote: > should we use the adventage of the monetizing My point of view is that we "monetize" through CTAs and fundraising, rather than wait 27 years to get the resources we need through random ads. Sean.

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Smart way to get $$ for posting videos on youtube

2016-06-03 Thread Sean DALY
Yes Samson, the SFC fulfills these criteria. I am sure we would qualify. But as Adam says, let's sort out what we want to do first before going to the SFC. First step is a donor link which lands on their page with SL as prefilled choice. I suggest we try to go for Google Ad Grants, but this

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Smart way to get $$ for posting videos on youtube

2016-06-03 Thread Sean DALY
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 5:51 PM, Walter Bender wrote: > How about "turtle in a box" videos? That would be aligned with our > mission/vision :) Indeed! if there is any way to generate zillions of views it's with turtles ;-)

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Smart way to get $$ for posting videos on youtube

2016-06-02 Thread Sean DALY
I myself don't see an upside with allowing random ads to be associated with Sugar Labs, for the tiny amount of income we might receive. If indeed our US nonprofit status through SFC would allow gains from advertising. Far better to do Calls to Action ("CTA" in their jargon) and Annotations,

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

2016-05-24 Thread Sean DALY
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > $600 is plenty serious :) So, for $600 anyone can contribute random code which will be used ___ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

2016-05-23 Thread Sean DALY
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > Offering to suggest a codename is hardly "handing over marketing." Let's > experiment! :) Let's experiment with random code to be inserted anywhere, for only $600! :) ___

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] Motion: Solicit Membership Donations + Public Statements

2016-05-23 Thread Sean DALY
Handing over marketing to anyone with a deep pocket is incomprehensible to me, I'd much rather just see "gold sponsor status" or something similar. Do people really need the recognition? I'm also confused about the public statement bit - don't we already have member pages? Important contributions

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] GSoC 2016 Website Redesign

2016-04-21 Thread Sean DALY
those? I am relieved to see that the press page survived at its permalink. Sean On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > Hi > > On 21 April 2016 at 09:08, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I didn't realize the existing

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] GSoC 2016 Website Redesign

2016-04-21 Thread Sean DALY
On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Juan Carlos Murillo wrote: > Also, if there is a range of different colors for the logo, then a good > idea might be to use the same logo color for the websites that have more > related content between them (i.e. homepage and activities).

[Marketing] Fwd: [Sugar-devel] GSoC 2016 Website Redesign

2016-04-19 Thread Sean DALY
Developer discussion about SL brand identity. Hopefully the MIT Sloan conclusions will be taken into account Sean -- Forwarded message -- From: Dave Crossland Date: Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:37 AM Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC 2016 Website Redesign To: Juan

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] The future of Sugar on XO-1s

2016-04-12 Thread Sean DALY
yed and paid for, a > new order can be placed. However, this means at least $2M will be tied up > in inventory. > > Tony > > > > On 04/09/2016 10:12 PM, Sean DALY wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 5:57 AM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> Fi

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-11 Thread Sean DALY
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 11:07 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > Are all the PRs in 2013/14/15/16 listed on that page? > Yes indeed. We considered doing one for the TripAdvisor grant, but decided it was better to wait for results. There has been lessening press interest in SL, parallel

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] [GSOC] Sugar on Facebook app(Sugarizer)(sugar activities))

2016-04-08 Thread Sean DALY
Monday for NGOs. I'll keep an eye out for any relevant bits of info. > > I will be going to the the OLPC SF meeting tomorrow. > > Mike > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 8, 2016, at 8:14 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 1

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Sugar on Facebook app(Sugarizer)(sugar activities))

2016-04-08 Thread Sean DALY
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:01 AM, Lionel Laské wrote: > In my point of view Facebook is not a platform. But it's probably possible > to run Sugarizer (or a part of it) into the Facebook context. > > BTW I'm agree with Sean, it has sense only if we've got a marketing plan >

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Sugar on Facebook app(Sugarizer)(sugar activities))

2016-04-07 Thread Sean DALY
me setting computer-based learning tool? > * a cool guy interested in fun games? > > > Well it depends on how I feel > About facebook: > Sometimes "a cool guy interested in fun games". > > But "I used to" submit patches for sugar core. > I was a

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Sugar on Facebook app(Sugarizer)(sugar activities))

2016-04-07 Thread Sean DALY
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 6:10 PM, samson goddy wrote: > I think that doing ads on facebook or twitter will be great. Samson... at the risk of repeating myself... who are the ads geared to? What do the ads say? Is the objective to boost random traffic on facebook, or

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Sugar on Facebook app(Sugarizer)(sugar activities))

2016-04-07 Thread Sean DALY
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 5:13 PM, samson goddy wrote: > a proposal of targeting more users via the social media (Facebook and > twitter). And i will submit it this week or next so we will know that to do. Great! So... what is our target or targets? What is our objective

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Sugar on Facebook app(Sugarizer)(sugar activities))

2016-04-07 Thread Sean DALY
Hi Ignacio are you ...? * a donor interested in supporting a project to support financially? * a developer interested in a project to volunteer with? * a teacher interested in a classroom computer-based learning tool? * a parent interested in a home setting computer-based learning tool? * a cool

Re: [Marketing] facebook page

2016-04-07 Thread Sean DALY
Thanks for this Samson note that the format is xlsx, not xls, I had to rename the extension to load it into OpenOffice I'm aware that the numbers are very low. Once SL chooses its vision and roadmap, we can develop a marketing strategy and do stuff. thanks Sean On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 5:19 PM,

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Sugar on Facebook app(Sugarizer)(sugar activities))

2016-04-07 Thread Sean DALY
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > One of the ideas of Sugar is to raise awareness about the software freedom > movement, and as such, providing the full experience within the facebook > police-state playpark is an own-goal. We should reach people where they

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] The future of Sugar on XO-1s

2016-04-06 Thread Sean DALY
On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 5:39 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > How many kids is Sugar targetting? > > Low millions? Or billions? > A few years ago, I estimated at around 10 million the number of teachers in classrooms with younger children, and I suggested we target them. Any

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] FW: Commenting on Treasurer Motions Enabled!

2016-04-06 Thread Sean DALY
On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 10:19 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > I agree that it would be awesome if someone holding the Treasurer office > was also actively fund raising for the project! > Fundraising requires a clear vision & roadmap - positioning, technical - and the associated

Re: [Marketing] (no subject)

2016-03-25 Thread Sean DALY
Sean On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > > On 25 March 2016 at 08:26, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I pushed to have a common navbar on all our sites some years ago, at the >> time developers didn't want to hel

Re: [Marketing] (no subject)

2016-03-25 Thread Sean DALY
Greetings Juan Carlos, I think it's clear that users of the several Sugar Labs websites would benefit from more integrated navigation. This problem was identified in 2009 when the current main SL site went up, at that time we tried to deploy a standardized menu bar across the SL websites but were

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] DESIGN TEAM Assemblage

2016-02-16 Thread Sean DALY
Hi Ifeanyi Matthew, There hasn't been much marketing activity lately in the absence of a roadmap, funds, and developer resources. In the past the Design team assisted the Marketing team, for example: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Booth_Banners in SL marketing, the most important

[Marketing] Worldwide OECD Education study published: Students, Computers and Learning

2015-09-15 Thread Sean DALY
This 204-page report is available online here (PDF): http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/deliver/9815021e.pdf?itemId=/content/book/9789264239555-en=application/pdf main links page is here: http://www.oecd.org/education/students-computers-and-learning-9789264239555-en.htm a 63-slide briefing (powerpoint

Re: [Marketing] Collaboration

2015-07-01 Thread Sean DALY
Hi Samson, this is a copy/pasted form letter, the tipoff is they mention company which means they did not bother spending three clicks to find out about Sugar Labs. If their event is legit, we can always ask them if they will assist a nonprofit like us in attending, with travel, room board :-)

Re: [Marketing] Collaboration

2015-07-01 Thread Sean DALY
in a couple of days ok On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Gonzalo Odiard godi...@sugarlabs.org wrote: Sean, Could you reply? On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Samson, this is a copy/pasted form letter, the tipoff is they mention company which means

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New Fedora Spins Site

2015-05-20 Thread Sean DALY
Thanks Peter, I was watching that too. If I understand correctly switching/changing the sections or adding an Activity is beyond tweaks? while text changes are tweaks. I'm quite happy with it, even though there are lots of changes we suggested which aren't in. I feel the only tweak still to

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] New Fedora Spins Site

2015-05-19 Thread Sean DALY
jars a bit on the page, as Chat is used in the Spins page template to refer to IRC. My memory is that Jukebox is not part of the core set (due to non-free components?). Perhaps the section Multimedia as it stands should be deleted. Regards, Iain On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 09:29 +0200, Sean DALY

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New Fedora Spins Site

2015-05-19 Thread Sean DALY
Gonzalo - Iain had already consolidated all changes but Peter doesn't want to deal with a text file. Sean On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Gonzalo Odiard godi...@sugarlabs.org wrote: Iain, Sean, Sam, _Please_consolidate_the_changes_before_send_to_Peter_. Peter, when need this be finished?

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New Fedora Spins Site

2015-05-19 Thread Sean DALY
Peter - here is Iain's document: http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/attachments/20150519/bdaf00ca/attachment.html Sean On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: Gonzalo - Iain had already consolidated all changes but Peter doesn't want to deal

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] New Fedora Spins Site

2015-05-18 Thread Sean DALY
be replacd with simple double parentheses ( quot;) or the HTML entities ldquo; and rdquo; thanks Sean On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Iain Brown Douglas i...@browndouglas.plus.com wrote: On Sun, 2015-05-17 at 15:14 +0200, Sean DALY wrote: Peter - Walter's edits were for the Activities

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New Fedora Spins Site

2015-05-17 Thread Sean DALY
so I can submit them early next week as a single final edit. Peter On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: Peter - are the intro edits I sent going in? thanks Sean On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: It's

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] New Fedora Spins Site

2015-05-16 Thread Sean DALY
Peter - are the intro edits I sent going in? thanks Sean On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: It's already in process On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Sam P. sam.parkins...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Peter, I think Walter send out a good copy [1] with

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] f22-spins page is being written and needs suggestions

2015-05-13 Thread Sean DALY
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: See the post I just sent to the list less than a hour ago :-) Thanks Sean, Peter On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Tom, Gonzalo had mentioned this, I have a rewrite

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] New try on a better sugarlabs site

2015-04-17 Thread Sean DALY
Dan - two years ago we arrived at 3 million by estimating 2.6 million XO laptops delivered, Sugar on Intel Classmates in Argentina (between 50K and 100K of the approximately 1.5 million locally assembled from 2011 - the others had been running Windows and may have been reconditioned to GNU/Linux),

[Marketing] Los Angeles ditching Apple/Pearson iPad program

2015-04-17 Thread Sean DALY
A large-scale ($1.3 billion budget for iPads, pearson software, wifi infrastructure, target 650K students) education ICT project started in 2013 and meant to eliminate the digital divide which has gone awry. The superintendent resigned and is under FBI and SEC investigation for corrupt bidding

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Planning for the future (Samuel Greenfeld)

2015-03-18 Thread Sean DALY
cc'ing the Marketing list - the one everyone forgets as soon as they discuss marketing. The MarketLab study we worked on back then confirmed what we already knew - that Sugar's websites did not accompany teachers interested in Sugar, and that Sugar absolutely needed a simple installer. They also

[Marketing] BBC launches flagship UK-wide initiative to inspire a new generation with digital technology

2015-03-12 Thread Sean DALY
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/makeitdigital/micro-bit article, with video: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31834927 The Micro Bit will be a small, wearable device with an LED display that children can programme in a number of ways. It will be a standalone, entry-level coding

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] SugarLabs.org new website - looking for opinions/ideas!

2015-03-01 Thread Sean DALY
Hi Tymon, I think it's great you have stepped up to rework the sl.o website. Christian who designed the original pages had worked on a new framework a while back, but we got bogged down trying to find usable (both attractive and legal) visuals of kids using Sugar. I have a typographical

[Marketing] IDB principal evaluation economist claims no OLPC impact on education in Uruguay

2014-09-30 Thread Sean DALY
http://blogs.iadb.org/desarrolloefectivo_en/2014/09/19/laptops-children-darth-vader/ ___ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing

[Marketing] Michael Kleiman documentary film WEB about OLPC now available online

2014-09-26 Thread Sean DALY
on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Instant Video. article in The Next Web, with extended scenes not in the cinema release http://thenextweb.com/media/2014/09/26/web-personal-documentary-one-laptop-per-child-spread-internet/ Sean. ___ Marketing mailing list

Re: [Marketing] [IAEP] Keepod

2014-05-10 Thread Sean DALY
Yes, saw that too. They should have read their archives: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8117064.stm Sean. On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 5:12 PM, John Watlington w...@laptop.org wrote: Someone needs to write this reporter and explain that system on a stick isn't a new concept...

Re: [Marketing] Sugar Meeting

2014-05-04 Thread Sean DALY
be GMT+2 6 pm, Sean Daly Paris GMT+2 6pm, ignacio GMT-6 12noon, puneet GMT+5 30 pm, 11pm. So i really want you guys to be there at #sugar-meeting. Thanks Samson Goddy

[Marketing] Social media: Global Web Index Jan. 2014 figures commented by Heidi Cohen

2014-04-29 Thread Sean DALY
http://heidicohen.com/global-social-media-trends/ Some key findings: * Facebook still world leader, but down 3%, and losing in teen (16-24) demographic. With the increased fragmentation of social media, has it peaked? * Video is a key activity, see YouTube stats * Mobile gaining ground and is

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Fwd: admin of sugarlabs fb page

2014-04-26 Thread Sean DALY
:03 GMT-03:00 Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com: Puneet, Samson, Ignacio I'm pleased you all want to contribute to communication marketing i invite you to join the marketing team, just sign up to the list at lists.sugarlabs.org It seems the goal is developer recruitment rather than reaching

Re: [Marketing] Fwd: [Sugar-devel] admin of sugarlabs fb page

2014-04-25 Thread Sean DALY
it or not, Facebook is a massive global platform and we should welcome some help to grow engagement on the Sugar Labs page. Agreed! --Gary Mike On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 6:06 PM, Gary Martin garycmar...@googlemail.com wrote: On 24 Apr 2014, at 17:54, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] Fwd: admin of sugarlabs fb page

2014-04-25 Thread Sean DALY
, Apr 25, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: Puneet - what kind of messages do you have in mind? we've wanted someone to be on that page for some time. Sean On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Puneet Kaur puneet.gk...@gmail.comwrote: Hey can you please add samsongoddy

[Marketing] Fwd: [Sugar-devel] admin of sugarlabs fb page

2014-04-24 Thread Sean DALY
a worthy question -- Forwarded message -- From: Puneet Kaur puneet.gk...@gmail.com Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 6:41 PM Subject: [Sugar-devel] admin of sugarlabs fb page To: Sugar Devel sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org Anyone here has an idea who is the admin of this page -

[Marketing] El Pais (UY) Google Code-In

2014-01-22 Thread Sean DALY
http://www.elpais.com.uy/vida-actual/ensena-profesores-ahora-premia-google.html ___ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing

[Marketing] GCI 2013 PR is on the wires

2014-01-22 Thread Sean DALY
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sugar-labsr-educational-nonprofit-celebrates-two-google-code-in-grand-prize-winners-241457411.html http://www.sugarlabs.org/press ___ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org

[Marketing] finishing up tomorrow's PR now...

2014-01-21 Thread Sean DALY
e me for link to shared doc if not on it already Sean ___ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing

Re: [Marketing] finishing up tomorrow's PR now...

2014-01-21 Thread Sean DALY
I have submitted the PR to eReleases, should be on the wires tomorrow morning EST. Sean. On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: e me for link to shared doc if not on it already Sean ___ Marketing mailing list

[Marketing] GCI PR draft editing underway

2014-01-20 Thread Sean DALY
Not sure if we will publish tomorrow morning the 21st, or the morning after the 22nd... leaning toward the latter so as to better select visuals when I'm not so tired e me for link to shared doc Sean ___ Marketing mailing list

[Marketing] FYI: eReleases confirms we have 8 credits available to January 14, 2015

2014-01-20 Thread Sean DALY
Reminder, this includes 700 words, 2 images preferable in JPG but PNG format acceptable, four categories; we usually do: Education High Tech - Software High Tech - Public Sector/Government Hispanic Wire Sean ___ Marketing mailing list

[Marketing] Let's complete PR tomorrow (Tues) for Wed morning distribution

2014-01-20 Thread Sean DALY
Tomorrow I can prepare the visuals and we can finish editing the PR, preferably early in the day so a Spanish translation (and possibly French) can be arranged and we can upload at least en/es to the press page tomorrow evening. thanks to Walter, John Fred! Sean.

[Marketing] SL PR deadline Friday 6pm EST for Monday morning distribution

2014-01-15 Thread Sean DALY
Walter has forwarded a couple of quotes for Monday's PR. If we publish on the wire early Monday morning, deadline is 6pm EST this Friday. If there is an embargo issue (Google may prefer midmorning EST for PST timezone), we will be better off publishing Tuesday morning in which case deadline will

Re: [Marketing] Youtube channel

2014-01-09 Thread Sean DALY
I think having a YouTube channel is a grand idea, what we need are videos. My objection to YouTube at the time was its exclusion of XO learners - the vids would have been unavailable to children using Sugar. The Sugar unfamiliarity barrier can be reduced with screencam videos explaining the

Re: [Marketing] Youtube channel

2014-01-08 Thread Sean DALY
Hi Sameer, Do you have videos available? Sean On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:10 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Happy new year! With the beginning of the new year, I'd like to (re)propose that Sugarlabs have a YouTube channel to highlight both screencapture style snippets and short

[Marketing] Fwd: [Sugar-devel] Sugarized the word: time to go ahead

2013-12-22 Thread Sean DALY
-- Forwarded message -- From: Lionel Laské lio...@olpc-france.org Date: Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 4:56 PM Subject: [Sugar-devel] Sugarized the word: time to go ahead To: Sugar-dev Devel sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org Hi all, If you think that Sugarizer is a nice technical tool,

[Marketing] Fwd: [IAEP] Education freedom day

2013-11-27 Thread Sean DALY
-- Forwarded message -- From: Daniel Narvaez dwnarv...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:21 PM Subject: [IAEP] Education freedom day To: Sugar Labs Marketing marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org, iaep i...@lists.sugarlabs.org

[Marketing] Sydney Morning Herald on OLPC Australia

2013-11-27 Thread Sean DALY
News from Oz with awesome photo of a kid using an XO http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/free-laptops-bridge-digital-divide-20131114-2xiib.html article sites OLPC Australia case study (sub required unfortunately) http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/across_the_digital_divide Sean

[Marketing] Fwd: [Sugar-devel] A protototype of SugarWeb / SugarAndroid ?

2013-11-27 Thread Sean DALY
Amazing prototype of Sugar look feel in a browser - worked on my Mac in Safari Sean -- Forwarded message -- From: Lionel Laské lio...@olpc-france.org Date: Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:26 PM Subject: [Sugar-devel] A protototype of SugarWeb / SugarAndroid ? To: Sugar-dev Devel

[Marketing] Web: The Film minisite with teaser

2013-11-27 Thread Sean DALY
http://www.ahumanright.org/web/ Michael Kleiman documentary about OLPC in Peru, connectivity, the digital divide... ___ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing

[Marketing] President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon: OLPC should be an African Union priority

2013-11-11 Thread Sean DALY
Article from The Independent (Uganda) http://www.independent.co.ug/news/regional-news/8420-ict-success ___ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] RFC: Make Sugar 0.102 = Sugar 1.0[ Sugar-devel Digest, Vol 61, Issue 43]

2013-11-08 Thread Sean DALY
2013, Sean DALY wrote: Daniel - if we can work out where SL is going, we can build a PR story. If we aren't sure, it's better to communicate other aspects (TA Days, Google Code-In, the TripAdvisor grant). I like v3 as a major version, step versions could be called 3.102, 3.103, 3.104

Re: [Marketing] Sugar tryout (was Re: sugarlabs.org redesign)

2013-11-08 Thread Sean DALY
, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Gonzalo Odiard gonz...@laptop.org wrote: At least the virtualbox looks doable and a good way to show Sugar. Gonzalo On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Daniel Narvaez dwnarv...@gmail.comwrote: On Thursday, 7 November 2013, Sean DALY wrote: The larger problem is the absence

[Marketing] Fwd: [Sugar-devel] Sugar tryout (was Re: sugarlabs.org redesign) [Sugar-devel Digest, Vol 61, Issue 55]

2013-11-08 Thread Sean DALY
marketing discussion on the sugar-devel list -- Forwarded message -- From: Yioryos Asprobounitis mavrot...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar tryout (was Re: sugarlabs.org redesign) [Sugar-devel Digest, Vol 61, Issue 55] To:

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] [Sur] [IAEP] Sugar oversight board meeting

2013-11-08 Thread Sean DALY
, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sorry Sebastian, yes I should have been more clear about which Sebastian :-) At the time, Sugar was perceived as being only available on OLPC XOs, so our effort was designed to show that it was available for other platforms. Indeed, our claim

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] different perspectives

2013-11-08 Thread Sean DALY
On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 1:56 AM, David Farning dfarn...@activitycentral.comwrote: The highest rate of progress happens when the parties focus on getting ahead of the other guys rather then when they focus on holding others back. Progress tends to stop when one party gets so far ahead that it

Re: [Marketing] Sugar tryout (was Re: sugarlabs.org redesign)

2013-11-08 Thread Sean DALY
, 8 November 2013, Sean DALY wrote: Not only doable, has been done for some time now [1,2] and is multi-platform ( what I use to demo Sugar on a Mac) The Oracle PUEL license [3] very interestingly permits free redistribution for educational purposes, opening the possibility of a single

Re: [Marketing] Sugar tryout (was Re: sugarlabs.org redesign)

2013-11-08 Thread Sean DALY
. I suspect we don't have a way to count the number of users that managed to reach the Sugar home. But measuring completed downloads would be a start. * Gradually get rid of as many barriers as possible and see how the rate is affected. On Friday, 8 November 2013, Sean DALY wrote: Of course

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] RFC: Make Sugar 0.102 = Sugar 1.0

2013-11-07 Thread Sean DALY
If we are talking about a version number that might make it into a press release at some point, this is a marketing discussion so I have cc'd the list. As I've explained previously, the major issue with a v1 seven years after entering production is that it is incomprehensible. Non-techies (i.e.

Re: [Marketing] [Sugar-devel] RFC: Make Sugar 0.102 = Sugar 1.0

2013-11-07 Thread Sean DALY
, we have a problem. Gonzalo On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: If we are talking about a version number that might make it into a press release at some point, this is a marketing discussion so I have cc'd the list. As I've explained previously

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